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hi @Dave_Hicks don't be to optimistic I made a lot of complex things in 3d printing for underwater what I learned is 1) 100 feet (30 m) it's "nothing" the problems appear for me deeper as 40 m 50 m and if my part are ok after a dive at 60 m i'm happy 2) Epoxy is fine but after 50 , 100 or more dive you can have some water comming in. I change the methode make the 3d printing lighter but cover with fiberglas + epoxy or better carbon + epoxy Your 3D part is really "simple" if you are lucky it will probably be stable for 100 or more dives. An other important point is if you dive in salt water or not... in salt water a little bit water in the structur of the part means the dead of this part. When water evaporate... the salt cristal... will break the material... a little bit.. and the next time a little bit more.... and after some dives more... you can put you 3d part in the trash... My past experiences bring me to print now in PETG Carbon and cover with carbon and epoxy like for this new floating arm with fiberglas for the strobe going throu the arm null The arm before with PLA and fiberglas cover was stable during 2 years -->more than 200 dives... before water comes in after a implosion... the same problems at the same place for both arms... only 10 dive (40m) after. I made some small change in the structure of the piece and change the material For this part you see I hope I will have no problems during more a 400 dives...

Since the last hollidays I buy the new Canon RF 10-20 mm I only shot in lac for the moment I'm happy I can go "very close" of the subject... in a short time I'll try it on the reef of Bunaken ... I'm a lover of rectilinear lense.. but when Canon will propose a RF fisheyes i'll probably try it... and after that I'll be able to compare .

The chance is really really .... inexistant

Me too but I don^t plan to change my R5 to the R5II I'm happy with mine setup. I bougth a second (for a good price) as reserve ... juste in case of... then if my first R5 have a problem I don't want to change my housing. It will be very expensive much more as the price I pay for the second R5. Now I can have one for under water and the second for over I hope I'll shooting many years with it But YES it was eypensive to buy the first setup... for me after 3 year(?) It was the good decision to invest on it.

Only a question : Why? The answer can help other .. no ?

I ordered an Insta360 x4 I hope I'll receive it before I go in Holliday. I'll give you some feedback in 2 month... The Insta360 is for me a try and I want to have some new style of pictures/vidéos..

Like the wind.... you will only have "some" information on what will happen 😄

We'll be in Bunaken - Lembeh starting end of mai. I have some information, no problem in this region... only the closed airport But it's only temporary (I hope) Don't forget that the Ruang is more than 100 km from Lembeh.. If the vulcan generate a tsunami it will be only dangerous for the island place at a short distance Lembeh is also protected from the north part of the "North Sulawesi" I saw a simulation. 45 min for the SMALL waves to arrive at Lembeh

@vkalia I found an example

I can confirm that. During a diving liveboard a diver had an Inon Flash with a broken fiber connector on the side of the strobe. Result when I took some picture of it... I had problems... his strobe allways fired ...

Wouah 🤮 Such a bad news Du Sch..sse... Das ist aber eine sehr schlechte Nachricht. Ich hoffe das die Versicherungen euch nicht fallen lässt. If I see something I'll informe you and the police in Germany.

Like you but for Isotta port and with flip WIth one but I can install 2 flips if I want

@Barmaglot My Sentinel looks like your. My housing is an Isotta I have no stress that it can't break like the Ikelite

I have a terrible experience of my diving. It's a very long time to wait for the Mandarins to appear. We quickly got cold kneeling in front of the corals without moving.... I probably never make a second Mandarin dive...

I have this V5 XB is smaller than

In 2019 I was in Bunaken there is also a place with Mandarin ... Success was 100% for us... 1 dive and we have seen Mandarin fishes 😉

Yes but the same photograph can (normaly) make better pictures with better hardware 😉 I took some nice pictures with my Canon G5x... but there is a gap between the G5x and the R5 (with to right lenses).... the price is also not the same I know

What I like is the size.... very small in comparaison of some other solution.

Hi Tino I used in the past the Seafrog and I never remove it..... this for 2 or 3 years.. after i was defect I replace it with an other brand . The VIVID LEAK SENTINEL V5 XD. I'm realy happy with it. Isotta have also a vaccum system

Where is it ?

Yes

i'll stay at the first choice Inon

I'll take a look Thanks

That's new... some days ago it was not in the catalogue Thanks

Hi I asked Trt-Electronics -- TURTLE webshop for the Canon R5 and the Retra... for the moment no available but they are working on.. I hope HSS will be ok in a near futur.